Aston Villa Pelenmaker Marco Asensio blooms under the guidance of Unai Emery, and his parent club Paris Saint-Germain could be the following victims of his rich vein of form in the Champions League.
The prospect of a star such as the Spaniard that arrives in Villa Park, six years after their promotion to the Premier League after three seasons in the championship, seems to be a fairy tale in itself. However, the newest turn can be just around the corner.
Just over two months since the exchange of Paris for Birmingham, the two parties will meet each other in a wonderful quarter-final collision in Europe Elite Competition-Asensio's goals that produce the draw.
The 29-year-old has already improved his census of seven goals in a fraction of the time for Villa about his period of a year and a half at PSG-EN will now look to chase his parent club by adding these figures in the two-legged draw.
Three of them arrived in the round-of-16 meeting against Club Brugge and Villa pushed to a dominant 6-1 total victory. Asensio only needed 72 minutes on the field to cause that damage, so is the form in which he is located.
A loan that chases his parent club is a situation that is rarely seen in England because of a pronuncer League statement – but it is not unusual in Europe. The UEFA lawyer prohibits “any influence on the players who can play another club in a match”, which means that Asensio is free to play with a point to prove.
Here, Sky Sports looks a look at the other players who excel when they met their employers while they are on temporary movements.
Coutinho back to bite Barcelona
Barcelona's selection framework £ 142 million signing of Philippe Coutinho – tipped as the heir of the throne of Lionel Messi – did not go to plan. His goals against them for Bayern Munich to dump them from Europe in the 2019/20 season only added salt to the wound.
Just like Asensio, after a year and a half of frustration, Coutinho strived for a loan movement to get to Bayern before he met his parent club in the quarterfinals.
Villa supporters will hope that their current playmaker can have a similar impact if the Brazilian Maestro, a player who is still contracted in the club, after scored twice and helped another goal during the unbridled 8-2 victory in total.
UEFA steps in to allow Courtois to play US chelsea
One of the more fiery recalculation in football. Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois spent three seasons on loan with Atletico Madrid and eventually started to meet the blues in the semi-final of the Champions League 2013/14.
It was reported that a clause in the Loan switch Atletico was obliged to pay an amount of £ 2.5 million per match if Courtois was selected, which led to the Spanish side that UEFA approached after they claimed that they could not pay the compensation.
The decision was finally made that the Belgium-Shot stopper could go onto the field without any payment being made, in which the Chelsea clause tried to “influence” who could choose their opponents.
Courtois would then shine in the two-legged draw for Atletico, hold a clean slate in the first stage and make an impression on Stamford Bridge while his side ran away with a 3-1 win over total.
Morientes sinks Real Madrid
Just like Asensio, Fernando Morientes lifted the elite trophy of Europe on three different occasions with Real Madrid – but also spread.
After he came to Monaco in the 2003/04 season, Morientes faced Los Blancos in a dramatic thriller of 10 goals, which led to the French side that was won 5-5 thanks to the scored goals. The Spaniard scored in both legs.
He would claim the Golden Boot for the tournament in that year, with nine to his name, before he returned to the Bernabeu in the following season.
Coman leaves it late versus Juventus
Kingsley Coman, a player who was well at home on the big stage, joined Bayern Munich on loan from Juventus in 2015/16 and would continue to Tee Thomas Muller in the dying sintels of the last 16-sails between the two parties to send the game to extra time.
The winger then scored in the 110th minute to seal the 6-4 victory over aggregated after Thiago Pep Guardiola fired on the bag.
Debut in Villa Park – for another club!
Well, it might be honest to say that Samuel Iling -Junior Villa did not chase when they met earlier in the season – but it is a unique situation that is worth mentioning.
The 21-year-old was signed in Juventus in the summer for just over £ 11 million before he immediately returned to Italy on loan with Bologna.
Villa was pulled against Bologna in the competition phase of the tournament and Iling-Junior climbed from the bank in the 77th minute of the 2-0 defeat against his parent club, which means that his first outing in Villa Park, while he was contracted in the club, arrived as he wore the shirt of another team.